Appellate

Appeals can change the course of a case and influence business outcomes. Our team combines their extensive courtroom experience, sharp legal insight, and a deep understanding of the appellate process to achieve results when it really counts.

Appeals can reshape outcomes and often influence far more than the case itself, from business strategy and reputation to financial performance. We help you navigate this critical stage with precision, creativity, and a global perspective.

Our appellate team represents clients in state and federal appellate courts across the United States, including high-stakes matters in New York and California. We handle a wide range of issues, from complex commercial disputes and securities litigation to tort claims to white collar and constitutional challenges often involving cross-border considerations that few firms can match. 

We develop tailored appellate strategies that anticipate judicial perspectives and shape precedent. Our briefs are designed to persuade. They are built on rigorous analysis, informed by authoritative insight, and reinforced by powerful oral advocacy before appellate courts nationwide. We work proactively with trial teams to preserve and position issues for appeal, drawing on our first-hand courtroom experience. Our appellate lawyers also try cases, giving us practical insight into trial dynamics. Our team includes former clerks to appellate and trial court judges, offering an insider’s understanding of how courts decide cases.


In addition, we prepare influential amicus briefs in cases that help shape the law on issues critical to you and your industries. These briefs often marshal key public policy arguments that are of importance to the issues on appeal.

Clients turn to us for our ability to distill complex trial records into compelling narratives that resonate with appellate judges. Whether you are challenging an adverse judgment or defending a hard-won victory, we offer the experience and global perspective to navigate the appellate landscape with confidence.

Track record

Municipality victory on constitutional tax challenge

Representing a municipality in a Second Circuit appeal defending the district court’s grant of summary judgment in the municipality’s favor on constitutional challenges to a local tax law.

Miami hotel attachment order reversed

Obtained reversal of an attachment order over a Miami hotel under novel jurisdictional theories.

Mutual fund arbitration clauses

Handled a Second Circuit appeal regarding the scope of arbitration clauses as applied to a mutual fund adviser.

Appeal of jury trial judgment

Represent Payward, Inc., in plaintiff's appeal to the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, of a near unanimous jury verdict denying plaintiff's whistleblower retaliation claims.
 

Collateral estoppel-will contest

Prevailed in Appellate Division, First Department, which ruled that jury’s verdict that Will was a product of fraudulent inducement and undue influence collaterally estopped petitioner from seeking to probate codicil executed 8 days earlier. 

Executive dispute

Represented cryptocurrency exchange in Second Circuit appeal of trial court's dismissal of former trading desk COO's breach of contract action. 

Our team

Stephen P. Younger

Stephen P. Younger

Senior Counsel | New York

Stephen P. Younger

Senior Counsel | New York

Litigation and arbitration

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Christopher N. LaVigne

Christopher N. LaVigne

Partner | New York

Christopher N. LaVigne

Partner | New York

Litigation and arbitration

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Chaya F. Weinberg-Brodt

Chaya F. Weinberg-Brodt

Special counsel | New York

Chaya F. Weinberg-Brodt

Special counsel | New York

Litigation and arbitration

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Jovana Crncevic

Jovana Crncevic

Special Counsel | New York

Jovana Crncevic

Special Counsel | New York

Litigation and arbitration

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John A. Farnsworth

John A. Farnsworth

Special counsel | New York

John A. Farnsworth

Special counsel | New York

Litigation and arbitration

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Vahe Mesropyan

Vahe Mesropyan

Senior Associate | Los Angeles

Vahe Mesropyan

Senior Associate | Los Angeles

Litigation and arbitration

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Alexander Haden

Alexander Haden

Senior Associate | New York

Alexander Haden

Senior Associate | New York

Litigation and arbitration

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David Levine

David Levine

Associate | Los Angeles

David Levine

Associate | Los Angeles

Litigation and Arbitration

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